QISU Data2023-10-13T14:23:17+10:00

QISU Data

Data Overview

QISU data is collected at the point of triage; when the triage nurse ticks yes to an injury this triggers an injury module to open for completion by the triage nurses. The injury module fields are not mandatory, allowing the triage nurses to skip part of or all the injury fields depending on clinical flow priorities. Consequently, the data may have missing codes in the injury data fields. QISU coders can supplement coded fields based on information in the injury description field (triage text in EDIS and the Injury Surveillance field in FirstNet).
Each record is validated and coded in accordance with the National Data Standards – Injury Surveillance (NDS-IS) (National Injury Surveillance Unit 1998). This process lags several months behind data intake. In some situations, machine validation can be used to include more recent data.

There are several important notes to be considered when analysing and interpreting QISU data:

  • Not all cases identified in the QISU database have been admitted to hospital as the majority of patients are discharged from the emergency department following treatment.
  • QISU data will miss cases that present at other non-participating emergency departments.
  • QISU data will also miss cases that may be severe and/or transferred directly to intensive care or other inpatient units at QISU participating hospitals, without being registered in the ED based injury surveillance system.
  • QISU data will not capture fatalities that occur at the scene of an injury or after admission to hospital.
  • The number of injury cases captured by QISU is influenced by a range of factors, including the number of collecting hospitals and the injury surveillance data completion rate in individual hospitals which varies annually. In general, QISU data is not suitable for trend or incidence calculation.

The Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit (QISU) is able to run data searches on the data collected to provide a custom-tailored injury data report.

Data items currently collected includes:

  • Demographics (Age, sex, postcode)
  • Country of birth
  • Language
  • Time and date of injury event
  • Text narrative of injury event
  • Cause of injury (eg fall, poisoning)
  • Intent of incident (accident, assault, etc)
  • Place of injury (eg. Playground at Public Park)
  • Activity (eg. playing cricket)
  • Nature of injury and body location
  • Diagnosis (ICD 10 AM / SNOMED)
  • Mechanism of injury
  • Major injury factor (eg. grinder)
  • Triage category (indication of severity)
  • Admission status

Reports may be based on combinations of these criteria to obtain specific injury information on your area of interest. Patient identifiers, including postcodes are not included in reports, unless appropriate ethics approvals are provided. Requests for data reports can be completed on the Data Request page.

The table below shows an overview of collecting hospitals and their method of data collection.

Metro North Hospital and Health Service

Level 13, Block 7 Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital HERSTON QLD 4029

Phone: (07)3647 9526

Email: qisu@health.qld.gov.au

Data Collection

QISU collects injury surveillance data from participating Queensland hospitals using different collection methods.

 
Paper-based
  
 
HBCIS
  
 
EDIS
  
 
FirstNet

Hospitals 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Status
ATHERTON Not Active
BABINDA Active
BARALABA Active
BILOELA Active
BLACKWATER Active
BOWEN Active
BUNDABERG Active
CAPRICORN COAST Active
CHERBOURG Active
CLERMONT Active
COLLINSVILLE Active
DYSART Active
GATTON Not Active
GLADSTONE Active
GC ROBINA Not Active
HUGHENDEN Active
INNISFAIL Not Active
LOGAN Not Active
MACKAY Not Active
MAREEBA Not Active
MARYBOROUGH Active
MATER ADULT PRIVATE Not Active
MATER ADULT PUBLIC Not Active
MATER CHILDRENS PUBLIC Not Active
MATER MACKAY Not Active
MORANBAH Active
MOSSMAN Active
MOUNT ISA Active
MOUNT MORGAN Active
MOURA Active
OAKEY Active
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA Not Active
PROSERPINE Active
QEII JUBILEE Not Active
QCH Active
REDLAND Not Active
RICHMOND Not Active
ROCKHAMPTON Active
RBWH Active
ROYAL CHILDRENS Not Active
SARINA Active
ST VINCENT'S T'WBA Not Active
SPRINGSURE Active
TOOWOOMBA Not Active
TOWNSVILLE Active
TULLY Active
WARWICK Active
WOORABINDA Active
YARRABAH Active

Update October 2023
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